What is recorded here

Fairy fort and ringfort in Ballymorefinn, County Dublin. Glenasmole stretches below, coast and peaks beyond. A shallow circular hollow, wide enough for a small household or a crowded ritual, is bounded by a low drystone wall with a boulder heart. The road has cut through one side, yet the shape remains: a room built without roofs, facing the valley where people still point and call it a fairy fort.

Situated on the summit of a W-facing slope overlooking Glenasmole with magnificent views of the coast and surrounding mountain peaks. A ringfort comprises a hollowed, roughly circular area (int. dims.9m E-W; 14m N-S) which is defined by a drystone wall (Wth 3.2m; H 0.8m). The wall has a boulder core and traces of an inner and outer stone facing. The N side of the site is truncated by an avenue which itself is defined by a bank, ledge and scarp in the slope. (Healy 1975, 1-19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Uploaded on: 7 July 2018

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